Ammunition holder



Aug. 8, 1961 P. J. THIERRY AMMUNITION HOLDER Filed Oct. 16, 1957 INVENTOR.

Paul J Thierry atent Patented Aug. 8, 1961 2,995,280 AMMUNITION HOLDER Paul J. Thierry, Belleville, Ill. Mrs. Joseph F. Peter, 6605 Mobud, Houston 36, Tex.) Filed Oct. 16, 1957, Ser. No. 690,511 Claims. (Cl. 224-20) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in ammunition holders particularly for shells and cartridges and has for one of its important objects to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character which may be readily carried at any desired point on the trouser belt, tunic, etc., of the user.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide an ammunition holder of the aforementioned character which will accommodate various gauges and calibers of shells and cartridges.

. Still another important object of the invention is to provide an ammunition holder of the character described comprising a unique construction and arrangement whereby the shells or cartridges may be expeditiously removed one at a time as needed.

Another important and desirable feature of the invention is to provide a holder of the character set forth which includes novel means for retaining and protecting the ammunition.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a shell or cartridge holder which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, compact, of light weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinaf-ter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of an ammunition holder constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing shells in the chambers of the device;

FIGURE 2 is a View in front elevation of the device;

FIGURE 3 is a view in horizontal section, taken substantially on the line 33 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 4 is a view in transverse section, taken substantially on the line 4-4 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of the carrier through the medium of which the device is mounted on the belt;

FIGURE 6 is a detail view in perspective showing the strap for mounting the device on a tunic or other garment; and

FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of one of the adapters.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invent-ion which has been illustrated comprises a horizontally elongated longitudinally curved body 5 of suit-able plastic or other material. The body 5 has formed vertically therein a series of cylindrical bores or chambers 6 which are open at both ends. The chambers 6 are for the reception of shells, as indicated at 7. Of course, the chambers 6 may also receive cartridges. The upper end portions of the bores or chambers 6 are ccunterbored, as indicated at 9, to provide seats which are engageable beneath the rims 8 of the shells 7. The upper end portions of the bores 6 are further provided with longitudinal keyways 10 the purpose of which will be presently set forth. The lower front portion of the body 5 has formed therein a plur ality of upwardly tapering openings 11 which communicate with the chambers 6 for exposing and providing access to the shells 7 therein.

Mounted on the back of the body 5 is a carrier which is designated generally by reference character 12. The

carrier 12 includes a horizontally elongated sheet 13 of leather or other suitable flexible material having formed therein openings 14 for the reception of headed pins 15 for securing said sheet on the back of the body 5. Extending upwardly into the sheet 13 from the lower edge thereof is a pair of key hole slots 16 defining a flap or tongue 17 which is insertable downwardly behind the belt of the user for mounting the holder thereon. The tongue 17 terminates at its free end in a flap 18 which is detachably secured beneath the body 5 through the medium of suitable fasteners 19. Formed integrally with the upper edge of the sheet 13 is a right angul-arly extending flange 20 which is cut transversely, as at 21, to provide a plurality of flexible flaps 23 which overlie and protect the ammunition 7 in the chambers 6.

It is thought that the use of the device as thus far described will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, the tongue 17 of the carrier12 is inserted downwardly behind the trouser belt of the user and flap 18 of said tongue is secured beneath the body 5 through the medium of the fasteners 19. The flaps 23 are then raised to permit the shells 7 to be slipped downwardly in the chambers 6 in an obvious manner, the rims 8 of said shells seating in the counterbores 9. The vertically elongated, upwardly tapered openings 11 exposethe shells for ready inspection and facilitate the removal thereof as desired, said openings functioning as guides for the fingers. As the shells 11 are thus elevated the flexible, resilient flaps 23 are raised thereby. In addition to covering and protecting the shells the flexible flaps 23 will exert suflicient pressure against said shells when they are being elevated to prevent the same from dropping by gravity back into the chambers 6.

To accommodate shells of a diameter less than that of the chambers 6, adapters 24' are mounted in the upper portions of said chambers. The adapters 24 include tubular inserts 25 of an external diameter to fit the chambers 6. Of course, the inserts 25 are of an internal diameter to accommodate the shells which they are to receive. Keys 26 on the inserts 25 are engageable in the ways 10 of the chambers 6. The keys 26 are adapted to rest on the lower ends 27 of the ways 10. When thus inserted the upper ends of the inserts 25 are flush with the counterbores or seats 9 of the chambers 6.

Sockets or openings 28 in the upper portion of the back of the body 5 accommodate the pins 15. The openings 14 in the sheet 13 of the carrier 12 are aligned with the sockets 2.8. To mount the holder on a tunic or other garment a flexible strap 29 is stitched or otherwise suitably secured on said garment at the desired location. Mounted at longitudinally spaced points on the strap 29 is a plurality of female separable fastener elements 30 which are detachably engageable with the heads of the pins 15 for mounting the holder on the garment.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. An ammunition holder comprising: an elongate body having a series of vertical chambers for the reception of the ammunition, a carrier including a flexible sheet mounted on the body and comprising a protective flap for the ammunition overlying the chambers, a strap for attachment to a garment for mounting the holder thereon, and common means securing said sheet to the body and to said strap, said means comprising pins on the body penetrating the sheet and including projecting heads, and separable fastener elements on the strap detachably engageable with said heads.

2. An ammunition holder comprising a rigid, horizontally elongated body having a series of cylindrical ammunition chambers extending vertically therethrough and open at both ends, a carrier comprising a flexible sheet mounted on the back of the body and including on its upper portion a forwardly projecting flap having slits extending thereinto from a free longitudinal edge thereof defining independent protective flaps overlying the chambers, means for securing the lower portion of the sheet to the body and on a trousers belt, and common means for securing the upper portion of the sheet to the body and on a strap having female fastener elements thereon.

3. An ammunition holder comprising a rigid, horizontally elongated body having a series of cylindrical ammunition chambers extending vertically therethrough and open at both ends, a carrier comprising a flexible sheet mounted on the back of the body and including on its upper portion a forwardly projecting flap having slits extending thereinto from a free longitudinal edge thereof defining independent protective flaps overlying the chambers, means for securing the lower portion of the sheet to the body and on a trousers belt, and common means for securing the upper portion of the sheet to the body and on a strap having female fastener elements thereon, the first named means including a pair of key hole slots extending inwardly into the sheet from the lower edge thereof and defining a flexible tongue insertable downwardly behind the belt, a flap on the free end of said tongue, and said first-named means further including means det'achably securing the second named flap beneath the body.

4. An ammunition holder comprising a rigid, horizontally elongated body having a series of cylindrical ammunition chambers extending vertically therethrough and open at both ends, a carrier comprising a flexible sheet mounted on the back of the body and including on its upper portion a forwardly projecting flap having slits extending thereinto from a free longitudinal edge thereof defining independent protective flaps overlying the chambers, means for securing the lower portion of the sheet to the body and on a trousers belt, and common means for securing the upper portion of the sheet to the body and on a strap having female fastener elements thereon, the second named means comprising pins penetrating the sheet and anchored in said body and including male fastener elements engageable in the female elements.

5. An ammunition holder comprising a rigid, horizontally elongated body having a series of cylindrical ammunition chambers extending vertically therethrough and open at both ends, a carrier comprising a flexible sheet mounted on the back of the body and including on its upper portion a forwardly projecting flap having slits extending thereinto from a free longitudinal edge thereof defining independent protective flaps overlying the chambers, means for securing the lower portion of the sheet to the body and on a trousers belt, and common means for securing the upper portion of the sheet to the body and on a strap having female fastener elements thereon, the first named means including a pair of key hole slots extending upwardly into the sheet from the lower edge thereof and defining a flexible tongue insertable downwardly behind the belt, a flap on the free end of said tongue, and said first-named means further including means detachably securing the second named flap beneath the body, the second named means comprising pins penetrating the sheet and anchored in said body and including male fastener elements engagea-ble in the female elements.

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